US Navy vs World (infographic)

[WallaceRitchie]

Romney: "Our navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917."

U.S. Navy vs World totals:

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[Capt.Rocky300]

1. Ummmm.....

The British didn't even make the list? Really?

[WallaceRitchie]

2. Britain

They were a few spots lower with 99 total ships... among that total is 1 active Carrier (compared to our 11), 11 submarines, 6 destroyers, and 13 frigates.

The Wikipedia for the Royal Navy lists only 77 active ships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships

[freshwest]

8. I thought for sure they'd be on the graph. Looked it over twice, thanks for explaining it.

[Pharaoh]

9. Brittania rules the sea!

not any more

[freshwest]

10. I'm sure it's a lot less stressful and costly. They'll be okay.

[Scuba]

11. So the American taxpayers are footing the bill for the Brits.

[Sirveri]

13. Their carrier is a short deck, comprable to a LHA not a CVN.

They're designed for harrier jump jets, not F/A-18 Hornets. The only country that has a long deck carrier other than the US is France.

[Third Doctor]

3. I think the Brits have a total of 328 ships. (Wikipedia)

Whoops sorry I misread the article. I made mistake and counted the aircraft. During their imperial era they had hundreds of vessels. I guess times change. Then again that play into the narrative of not needing a huge navy in modern times.

[WallaceRitchie]

4. Wiki

My source listed 99 ships for Britain. The Royal Navy wiki page says only 77.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships

[Journeyman]

5. Governor Romney. . .

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you sir

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have just been

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fact checked

[WallaceRitchie]

6. One deficiency

The U.S. trails significantly in mine ships, counting both minelayers and minesweepers.

China counts 52 mine warfare ships. The U.S. is listed 13th with just 14 such ships... one less than Britain.

[Sirveri]

12. All of our submarines are capable of deploying mines and mining harbors.

I think we also have air drop capacity for naval mines, however I wasn't involved in that area while I was in.

[davidn3600]

7. Having a strong Navy is the most important thing though

Something my grandfather would always say to me is whichever country has the strongest Navy will rule the world.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Shouldn't comparisons be based on displacement, complement, firepower, etc.?

I doubt anything afloat in 1917 remotely compares to an Enterprise-class carrier or guided missle cruiser by any measure.

To compare ships BY CLASS, here's some handy data: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org9-4.htm
Note no carriers (our largest ships) are listed until 1924 -- and in 1917 "gunboats" and "steel gunboats" are separate categories. Even if the 1917 Navy had more ships, it would get mauled by today's Navy.